A student has been left in tears after her £500 designer shoes were 'ruined' on a shopping centre escalator.

Karolina Swiercz says the heels on her Christian Louboutin shoes - which cost a month's wages - were 'destroyed' following a night out.

Karolina was invited to the Alto Bar in the Cornerstone, Nottingham, and so decided to wear the designer heels which she had bought from Paris for €540 in October.

She said: "I had been saving up for them since the beginning of the year, they cost me one month's salary and so they meant a lot to me.

"I went to a black tie event to watch the first screening of the new Robin Hood film and as it was black tie I dressed up.

Karolina Swiercz with her shoes (Image: Nottingham Post)

"I left at around 9.30pm, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't messing around, me and my friend decided to get the escalator as the lift was right at the bottom.

"The moment I took the step on the escalator I felt that I had got stuck and I managed to free myself," she told NottinghamshireLive.

"Then as I got ‘unstuck’ my other heel got stuck and I was simply trapped. I tried to pull it out, but the stairs were coming to an end and so were my shoes. I tried to remove the trapped heel with no success."

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A spokesman for the Cornerhouse said: "We are aware of this incident and we are currently investigating what may have happened.

"Our escalators are serviced regularly and are checked by our security team daily, with any issues reported and dealt with immediately. We have the details of the person concerned, and we are in contact with her directly."